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From The Desk Of The Damnwells’ Alex Dezen: Haribo Gummi Bears

The Damnwells’ latest album is self-titled for a good reason: It’s the first to include the original quartet since 2006. That was the year Epic dropped the band after a hellish 18 months of two-faced A&R nonsense, endless remixes and postponed release dates. On The Damnwells, the chemistry remains fully charged between frontman Alex Dezen, guitarist David Chernis, bassist Ted Hudson and drummer Steve Terry. Recorded at Texas Treefort Studio in Austin with producer Salim Nourallah (Old 97’s), its 11 tracks ooze a relentless swagger born of perseverance. Dezen will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new feature on the band.

Haribo

Dezen: Pretty much any gummi product by Haribo. And there are a ton of them. Gummi cherries, gummi cola bottles, gummy tropical plants, gummi smurfs, gummi spaghetti, gummi dinosaurs. Gummi everything! I think the obsession started when I was on tour in Germany for the first time. There was an entire rack of Haribo products at every petrol station. I think I gained five pounds just in gummi bear weight before I left.

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